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Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Armed conflict: Business on all fronts!

21 Sep
2026
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
HEC Association Alumni, 9 av. F.D.Roosevelt, Paris 8ème
French

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2026-09-21T18:30:00 2026-09-21T22:00:00 Conflit armé : l'entreprise sur tous les fronts ! Dans le cadre de notre partenariat avec la Croix-Rouge française, le Club HEC Alumni Géostratégie et HEC Paris via son centre d'expertise Sustainability & Organizations, sont heureux de vous inviter à une conférence consacrée aux enjeux géopolitiques, aux pratiques des entreprises et au droit international humanitaire. HEC Association Alumni, 9 av. F.D.Roosevelt, Paris 8ème

As part of our partnership with the Croix-Rouge Française, the HEC Alumni Geostrategy Club and HEC Paris, through its Sustainability & Organizations Center, are pleased to invite you to a conference dedicated to geopolitical challenges, corporate practices, and international humanitarian law.

In a world where the lines between crises, conflicts, and the economy are being redrawn, business is no longer a peripheral player: it is at the heart of the balance. With this conference, we are creating a demanding and lucid space to address this role head-on.

How do you act, make decisions, and operate when standard reference points crumble?

What responsibilities must companies assume in these extreme contexts?

By bringing together operational, strategic, and legal perspectives, we aim to move beyond simple analysis to better understand the realities and choices businesses face:

Fostering dialogue between companies, experts, and humanitarian organizations, Connecting geopolitical issues, business practices, and international humanitarian law, And above all, providing concrete insights for those who will have to navigate these tense environments.

WELCOME REMARKS 

Caroline Cross, President of the French Red Cross

Eloïc Peyrache, Dean and Executive Director, HEC Paris

Fadi Lahoud, President of the HEC Alumni Geostrategy Club

PANEL DISCUSSION

Olivier Chatain, Professor of Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris

Rana Kharouf, PhD in International Law, Lecturer at Sciences Po PSIA, International Humanitarian Law Trainer at the French Red Cross

Marion Dupuy, Managing Director of the CMA-CGM Foundation

Moderated by: Cheikh Siby, Founder of ANI Formation and member of the HEC Alumni Geostrategy Club

Q&A

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mayada Adil Elsayed Mohamed, HEC Imagine Fellow, UN Young Leader for the SDGs (2022-2024), advocate for diplomacy, human rights, art as a tool for advocacy and social change, and health equity.

 

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Discover our DARE special report:

"Business and Geopolitics: Operating in a Fragmented World"

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2026-09-21T18:30:00 2026-09-21T22:00:00 Conflit armé : l'entreprise sur tous les fronts ! Dans le cadre de notre partenariat avec la Croix-Rouge française, le Club HEC Alumni Géostratégie et HEC Paris via son centre d'expertise Sustainability & Organizations, sont heureux de vous inviter à une conférence consacrée aux enjeux géopolitiques, aux pratiques des entreprises et au droit international humanitaire. HEC Association Alumni, 9 av. F.D.Roosevelt, Paris 8ème